Gassy newborn - please help

Hi mums, my baby is 4 weeks old and suffers with a lot of gas. Typically has a poo once a day / every other day and is so much calmer afterwards. In the night, she squirms, cries and seems so agitated, especially when farting. Also has a bit of reflux which has got better now we keep her upright after feeding.

What are your thoughts on different bottles, paced feeding and supplements?

She’s formula fed (not out of choice) and I’ve tried both Mam and Nanobebe bottles but can’t tell the difference at the moment. She drinks Aptimel and is taking BioGaia drops. I’m getting mixed messages about paced feeding which is really frustrating.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated 🩷

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My little boy is almost 5 weeks now and struggled with the same- in the past week we’ve changed 3 things so can’t say which if any solely have worked but he’s a lot better now…
He was on Aptamil, we’ve changed to Hipp which is a lot smoother/thinner and doesn’t froth as much
Switched from MAM bottles to the Tommy tippee anticolic (the ones with the straw thing) - only issue is my little one ends up with milk all down his chin because the teat is so different to the mam ones
Started using dentinox instead of infacol- this definitely helps as he’s a lot more gassy after the feeds where we don’t give him this

Also burping mid feed seems to help a lot, and getting him up and burping again if he’s squirming after we put him down for a nap (basically I spend 80% of my day burping him🤣

Like I said, I can’t really recommend anything because we changed so much at the same time, but hope this gives you some ideas to think about/research!

My little girl was having the same problems. Switched from Aptimel to Kendamil and she has really settled now. Also burping 2/3 times during feeds - roughly every 5 to 10 minutes has really helped.

My girl drinks from the dr browns narrow neck anti colic and they're the best I've found for helping reduce the swallowed air xx

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